Diouf is the missing piece

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GERARD HOULLIER suggests that moulding a successful side is akin to doing a jigsaw puzzle. While he hopes that El-Hadji Diouf represents the last vital piece for Liverpool, at least one Aston Villa fan is adamant that his club has misplaced the box. From that disillusioned supporter’s heated touchline exchange with Graham Taylor, the manager, to the banners lamenting a lack of ambition yesterday, it was soon clear that the hope of a new dawn had been eroded by a corrosive depression.

It may be early to be reaching for the Valium but the fact is that Paul Merson, for